R's family income when 16 yrs old

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Source

General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org

Details

Question 30. Thinking about the time when you were 16 years old, compared with American families in general then, would you say your family income was far below average, below average, average, above average, or far above average?

Overview

For further details see the official GSS documentation.

Counts by year:

year	above average	average	below average	don't know	far above average	far below average	lived in institution	no answer	iap	skipped on web	Total
1972	166	906	388	15	20	111	2	5	-	-	1613
1973	192	857	313	15	22	92	8	5	-	-	1504
1974	193	784	367	8	25	104	-	3	-	-	1484
1975	196	783	370	7	20	106	-	8	-	-	1490
1976	188	763	403	14	21	106	-	4	-	-	1499
1977	203	789	369	13	27	126	-	3	-	-	1530
1978	182	829	361	13	22	123	-	2	-	-	1532
1980	230	751	339	11	19	116	-	2	-	-	1468
1982	233	948	440	18	38	179	-	4	-	-	1860
1983	253	826	354	17	25	120	-	4	-	-	1599
1984	205	773	346	7	6	127	-	9	-	-	1473
1985	241	777	358	12	34	106	-	6	-	-	1534
1986	245	738	329	15	31	109	-	3	-	-	1470
1987	256	880	454	13	44	164	-	8	-	-	1819
1988	229	747	349	14	23	114	-	5	-	-	1481
1989	216	798	350	13	23	134	-	3	-	-	1537
1990	216	651	342	12	22	126	-	3	-	-	1372
1991	252	736	348	15	29	127	-	10	-	-	1517
1993	252	795	393	12	34	116	-	4	-	-	1606
1994	243	798	317	16	26	120	-	2	1470	-	2992
1996	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2904	-	2904
1998	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2832	-	2832
2000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2817	-	2817
2002	345	933	432	21	36	151	-	3	844	-	2765
2004	377	1151	637	35	58	237	-	5	312	-	2812
2006	475	1303	754	43	49	321	-	47	1518	-	4510
2008	330	907	506	31	44	203	-	2	-	-	2023
2010	353	843	550	34	51	206	-	7	-	-	2044
2012	304	875	523	38	47	181	-	6	-	-	1974
2014	403	1118	656	30	56	271	-	4	-	-	2538
2016	501	1146	794	53	58	303	-	12	-	-	2867
2018	371	995	641	38	50	245	-	8	-	-	2348
2021	679	1625	1013	119	88	421	-	-	71	16	4032
2022	540	1543	936	40	88	369	-	13	8	7	3544
2024	526	1413	875	42	67	356	-	9	-	21	3309
Total	9595	29781	15607	784	1203	5690	10	209	12776	44	75699

Values

• 1 far below average

• 2 below average

• 3 average

• 4 above average

• 5 far above average

• 7 lived in institution

• NA(d) don't know

• NA(i) iap

• NA(j) I don't have a job

• NA(m) dk, na, iap

• NA(n) no answer

• NA(p) not imputable

• NA(r) refused

• NA(s) skipped on web

• NA(u) uncodeable

• NA(x) not available in this release

• NA(y) not available in this year

• NA(z) see codebook